The thing I am trying to accomplish by suggesting use of the Flirc is to replace the IR capability that was in the ISY994, which I found to be very useful - because I could use any programmable IR Remote, any button, and have the ISY994 run a program. BTW there is one other device that can be purchased, that I am aware of, to receive (and send) IR signals and send them to a computer via USB and it is called the USB-UIRT - I used to use this with DVR software known as SageTV to control set top boxes for video capture. I see that LIRC is a Linux software package that can send IR and possibly receive - it looks like there are instructions for building your own IR to UART receiver - this would require tying up the Polisy Serial Port and require building your own hardware - this requires further study but I'm not seeing an upside yet. As far as I can tell, the iTach only goes from IP to IR, not the other way around, which is what would be required for the discussion at hand here. I also use the Harmony Hub V2 Node server, but it is also limited - the main benefit I see is to run a program when an activity is started. With the Virtual node server, or by using a device, this can be used to trigger a program. I use the Hue emulator V2 with Harmony hub remotes - you are limited to the dedicated home control buttons and can really only turn scenes on/off or adjust. I already have a harmony hub and an itach and am already using it via the harmony and itach node servers. Looking to control ISY using IR, not have ISY send IR. I know nothing about a usb keyboard plugged into polisy and how polyglot would be able to receive input from it. Harmony hub and itach are IR output, not input. If you want "remote" access via a remote a solution like harmony hub or iTach seems like a better way.įor local access remote control the lirc library and an ir receiver would make much more sense. This would be similar to how apache2 needs php-cli to run many server side processes.ĭirectly mapping keystrokes to cli "aliases" would likely cause issues when actually trying to work with cli for other reasons. This means some form of cli to isy program would need to be written. If an keyboard is detected it would be issuing commands via cli. However in standard BSD images even when headless it is standard for the system to drop into shell. I am not sure what in polisy's build of BSD has been modified. ![]() I don't really see where it does anything that isn't already accomplished via the lirc library and any standard ir receiver. I am still trying to wrap my head around the product. Flirc doesn't seem to have a compiled Driver for bsd or a source available. As the Polisy is a headless device, would it be possible to use the previously unused keyboard as an input device to run programs? From the outside, it seems like this would not be too difficult - get a character from the console and put it into a queue for the IoP to process and programs could be written like "if keyboard F1 is pressed then. ![]() I was hoping UDI might be interested in adding native keyboard support to IoP for this (and possibly other) purposes. The Flirc has been around for a long time and is well supported. It would require an IR to IP conversion product of some kind. I haven't used it but it seems like a viable option.I don't know how to write a node server, and there's not any IR sensors that I am aware of, from a reputable vendor, or anyone else for that matter, that would even qualify to make a node server. If you have modern TV and receiver connected to your Shield, I would bet you can get by with just the Shield remote most of the time. Once that is done I expect I will be able to use the Shield remote much more easily by using CEC to simply turn on/off the TV and Receiver as needed. Eventually I plan to get a new TV, and new receiver. I like its built in keyboard and it works as an airmouse which is kind of cool but not super useful. Everything else is done on the Rii remote. Most of the time, I tell the Harmony I want to 'Watch Shield' and it turns on the TV and Receiver and sets them to the right inputs and I can use it to adjust the volume if I want. ![]() Neither work well with CEC so I need the more function-rich Harmony to make them work well. I didn't bother to get it working because my TV is positively ancient in terms of home theater devices (Vizio VP505 XVT Plasma from 2010/2011 I think) and my receiver is well into middle age (Onkyo TX-NR616 from 2013). ![]() the Shield remote has an IR blaster in it and you can tell the shield that you want to use its remote to run the TV or receiver volume using the shield remote. I *also* have a Harmony One remote that I use to run my TV and receiver. It works very well because it has an integrated keyboard. I have a Shield TV Pro (2019) and I got this remote to work with it (via USB 2.4ghz dongle it came with).
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